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Straight Out of Brooklyn

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Straight Out of Brooklyn

More powerful than Boyz N the Hood. Truer than New Jack City.

6.2

1h 31m

1991

“More powerful than Boyz N the Hood. Truer than New Jack City.”

Synopsis

A Special Jury Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this drama stars a then-19-year-old Matty Rich (who also wrote and directed it). Rich plays Larry, a troubled teen living in the rough Red Hook section of Brooklyn who decides he wants out and turns to crime to fund his escape. But his plan involves scamming the neighborhood's biggest drug kingpin, a heist that's dangerous at best.

Director

Matty Rich

Drama

Cast & Crew

George T. Odom

George T. Odom

as Ray Brown

Ann D. Sanders

as Frankie Brown

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

as Dennis Brown

Barbara Sanon

as Carolyn Brown

Reana E. Drummond

as Shirley

Matty Rich

Matty Rich

as Larry

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